Nicholas is a fellow at the Harvard University Music Department, where his work is supervised by Chaya Czernowin. He is also a doctoral candidate at the Royal College of Music, where he works with Jonathan Cole. Prior to this, he studied at Oxford University and Trinity Laban where he won multiple awards. He was a member of the Professorial Staff at Trinity Laban in 2017-18, and was a graduate teaching assistant at the RCM from 2016-18.